KIRKLAND, Wash. – Kenworth doled out its Dealer Awards to its best dealers in Canada and the US recently. The awards were given out at its recent dealer meeting in Indian Wells, California. Kenworth Montréal received its first-ever Gold Award…

SALISBURY, N.B. – Utility Trailer has announced the opening of a new full-service dealership, Valley Equipment in Salisbury. “We broke ground on our new facility in Salisbury last September, and it replaces the Moncton location,” said Peter Cook, president of…

RENTON, Wash. — Paccar announced the winners of its Parts Dealers awards at its 2016 Parts and Service Meeting in Orlando, Fla this week and among them were some Canadian Peterbilt and Kenworth dealers. Dealers were awarded for their outstanding achievements…

LANGLEY, B.C. – Langley RCMP are looking for a man named Earl after the truck driver pulled over his semi to help an injured officer. Labeled as one of two Good Samaritans, Earl stopped his truck the morning of Aug.…

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Tom Smego is the new sales director for Canada and the US Midwest for tire inflation system company Pressure Systems International, leading the sales efforts for fleets and supporting dealers and OEMs from Chicago, Ill. Smego…

STUTTGART, Germany — North America has proved a disappointing truck market so far this year with the most recent Class 8 intake standing at a multi-year low. Wolfgang Bernhard, member of the Board of Management and responsible for Daimler AG’s…

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Volvo Trucks North America hit a milestone recently as it delivered its 100,000th truck equipped with its I-Shift automated manual transmission. The truck was a Volvo VNL 670 model and it was presented to Watkins & Shepard…

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Kenworth Montreal and Kenworth Truck Centres of Ontario recently received Silver Awards from the truck maker. The awards were presented at the company’s annual dealer meeting held recently in San Diego, Calif. Pape Kenworth, which operates a…

OKOTOKS, Alta. — Last year was one to forget for trucking companies serving the oil patch and 2016 is looking equally tenuous, but if there was a bright spot for Mullen Group it was the performance of its trucking/logistics companies,…

Trucking industry writers and editors have named the top five technical achievements of 2015. The winner of the Truck Writers of North America Technical Achievement Award will be announced at the Industry Awards Luncheon at the Technology & Maintenance Council…

TORONTO, Ont. – Brian Kurtz of Brian Kurtz Trucking Ltd. was inducted into the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) Half-Century Club last week for his 50 years of service in the industry. Several other professionals were welcomed into the OTA’s Pioneer…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Silver Eagle has come out with a converter dolly that automatically telescopes at highway speeds to reduce the gap between trailers. Testing has shown a fuel savings of 2.5% can be delivered by the new T-Dolly. It…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Bridgestone Americas has added 1.5 million square feet of manufacturing capacity with the opening of a new plant in South Carolina. Located in Aiken, the facility was designed to manufacture giant, off-road, radial tires for heavy haul…